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****A. '''CA'''ncer of the '''P'''rostate.
****A. '''CA'''ncer of the '''P'''rostate.


====Prostate versus urothelium====
====Prostate carcinoma versus urothelial carcinoma====
*Prostate: PSA +ve, CK20 -ve, CK7 -ve.
*Prostate: PSA +ve, CK20 -ve, CK7 -ve.
*Urothelial: CK20 +ve, CK7 +ve, PSA -ve.
*Urothelial: CK20 +ve, CK7 +ve, PSA -ve.
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Note:
*AMACR not useful - positive in ~ 50% of [[UCC]].<ref name=pmid16315020>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Langner | first1 = C. | last2 = Rupar | first2 = G. | last3 = Leibl | first3 = S. | last4 = Hutterer | first4 = G. | last5 = Chromecki | first5 = T. | last6 = Hoefler | first6 = G. | last7 = Rehak | first7 = P. | last8 = Zigeuner | first8 = R. | title = Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR/P504S) protein expression in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract correlates with tumour progression. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 448 | issue = 3 | pages = 325-30 | month = Mar | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1007/s00428-005-0129-6 | PMID = 16315020 }}</ref>
*AMACR not useful - positive in ~ 50% of [[UCC]].<ref name=pmid16315020>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Langner | first1 = C. | last2 = Rupar | first2 = G. | last3 = Leibl | first3 = S. | last4 = Hutterer | first4 = G. | last5 = Chromecki | first5 = T. | last6 = Hoefler | first6 = G. | last7 = Rehak | first7 = P. | last8 = Zigeuner | first8 = R. | title = Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR/P504S) protein expression in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract correlates with tumour progression. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 448 | issue = 3 | pages = 325-30 | month = Mar | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1007/s00428-005-0129-6 | PMID = 16315020 }}</ref>
===Rate of utilization===
*Dependent on practise setting.
**One tertiary academic institution uses it on ~ 40% of cases.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Watson | first1 = K. | last2 = Wang | first2 = C. | last3 = Yilmaz | first3 = A. | last4 = Bismar | first4 = TA. | last5 = Trpkov | first5 = K. | title = Use of immunohistochemistry in routine workup of prostate needle biopsies: a tertiary academic institution experience. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 137 | issue = 4 | pages = 541-5 | month = Apr | year = 2013 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2012-0145-OA | PMID = 23273390 }}</ref>


==Molecular changes in prostate cancer==
==Molecular changes in prostate cancer==
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